Publications

Key publications

  • Bouchard, S.-J., Boutin, J., Lévesque, M. & Breton-Provencher, V. System-wide dissociation of reward and aversive dopaminergic signals. bioRxiv. 2025 May 27; 2025.05.27.656467. Link

  • Tanguay, E., Bouchard, S.J., Lévesque, M., De Koninck, P., Breton-Provencher V. Shining light on the noradrenergic system. Neurophotonics. 2023 Oct 10; (4):044406. Link
  • *Breton-Provencher, V., *Drummond, G.T., Feng, J., Li, Y., & Sur, M. Spatiotemporal dynamics of norepinephrine during learned behavior. Nature, 2022 June 01; 606(7915):732-738. Link, PDF, *: these authors contributed equally.
  • Breton-Provencher, V., Sur, M. Active control of arousal by a locus coeruleus GABAergic circuit. Nat. Neuroscience 2019 Feb;22(2):218-228. Link , bioRXiv, PDF

    Other publications

    2021-Present
    • Blumenthal, N. R. et al. Stochastic Nanoroughness Inhibits and Reverses Glial Scarring In Vitro and In Vivo via a Mechanobiology Paradigm Involving Piezo-1. Advanced Functional Materials. 2025 January 2; 10.1002/adfm.202411965. Link
    • Drummond, G. T. et al. Cortical norepinephrine-astrocyte signaling critically mediates learned behavior. bioRxiv. 2024 October 24; 2024.10.24.620009. Link
    • Kelberman, M. A. et al. Diversity of ancestral brainstem noradrenergic neurons across species and multiple biological factors. bioRxiv. 2024 October 16; 2024.10.14.618224. Link
    • Chintalacheruvu, N., Kalelkar, A., Boutin, J., Breton-Provencher, V. & Huda, R. A cortical locus for modulation of arousal states. bioRxiv. 2024 May 26; 2024.05.24.595859. Link
    • Cohen, Y., Engel, T.A., Langdon, C., Lindsay, G.W., Ott, T., Peters, M.A.K., Shine, J.M., Breton-Provencher, V.*, Ramaswamy, S.* Recent Advances at the Interface of Neuroscience and Artificial Neural Networks. J. Neurosci. 2022 Nov 9; 42(45):8514-8523. Link *: co-senior authors
    • Rikhye, R.V., Yildirim, M., Hu, M., Breton-Provencher, V., Sur, M. Reliable sensory processing in mouse visual cortex through cooperative interactions between somatostatin and parvalbumin interneurons. J. Neurosci. 2021 Oct 20; 41(42):8761-8778. Link
    • Breton-Provencher, V., Drummond, G.T., & Sur, M. Locus Coeruleus Norepinephrine in Learned Behavior: Anatomical Modularity and Spatiotemporal Integration in Targets. Front. Neural Circuits, 2021 June 7; 15:638007, Link , PDF
    2016-2020
    • Huda, R., Sipe, G.O., Breton-Provencher, V., Cruz, K.G., Pho, G.N., Adam, E., Gunter, L.M., Sullins, A., Wickersham, I.R., & Sur, M. Distinct prefrontal top-down circuits differentially modulate sensorimotor behavior. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 26; 11:6007 Link (also bioRXiv).
    • Whipple, A.J., Jacobs, H.N., Breton-Provencher, V., Sur, M., Sharp, P.A. Imprinted maternally-expressed microRNAs antagonize paternally-driven gene programs in neurons. Molecular Cell. 2020 April 2; 78(1): 85-95 Link (also bioRXiv)
    • El-Boustani, S., Ip, J.P.K., Breton-Provencher, V., Knott, G.W., Okuno, H., Bito, H., Sur, M. Locally coordinated synaptic plasticity of visual cortex neurons in vivo. Science. 2018 Jun 22;360(6395):1349-1354. Link (also: bioRxiv)
    • Hardy, D., Malvaut, S., Breton-Provencher, V., Saghatelyan, A. The role of calretinin-expressing granule cells in olfactory bulb functions and odor behavior. Sci. Rep. 2018 Jun 20;8(1):9385. Link
    • Okada, S., Bartelle, B.B., Li, N., Breton-Provencher, V., Lee, J., Rodriguez, E., Melican, J., Sur, M., & Jasanoff, A. Calcium-dependent molecular fMRI using a magnetic nanosensor. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2018 Jun; 13(6):473-477. Link
    • Banerjee, A., Rikhye, R.V., Breton-Provencher, V., Tang, X., Li, C., Li, K., Runyan, C.A., Fu, Z., Jaenisch, R., Sur, M. Jointly reduced inhibition and excitation underlies circuit-wide changes in cortical processing in Rett syndrome. PNAS. 2016 Nov 15;113(46):E7287-E7296. Link (also: F1000Prime Recommendation)
    • Breton-Provencher, V., Bakhshetyan, K., Hardy, D., Bammann, R.R., Cavarretta, F., Snapyan, M., Côté, D., Migliore, M., Saghatelyan, A. Principal cell activity induces spine relocation of adult-born interneurons in the olfactory bulb. Nat. Commun. 2016 Aug 31; 7:12659. Link
    Pre-2016
    • Breton-Provencher, V., Côté, D., Saghatelyan, A. Activity of the principal cells of the olfactory bulb promotes a structural dynamic on the distal dendrites of immature adult-born granule cells via activation of NMDA receptors. J. Neurosci. 2014 January 29; 34(5): 1748-1759. Link
    • Breton-Provencher, V., Saghatelyan, A. Newborn neurons in the adult olfactory bulb: unique properties for specific odor behavior. Behav. Brain Res. 2012 Feb 14; 227(2):480-9. Link
    • Breton-Provencher, V., Lemasson, M., Peralta, M.R. 3rd, Saghatelyan, A. Interneurons produced in adulthood are required for the normal functioning of the olfactory bulb network and for the execution of selected olfactory behaviors. J. Neurosci. 2009 Dec 2; 29(48):15245-57. Link (also: F1000Prime Recommendation)